Improvement in car-brake shoes



G. F. ECKERT.

CAR BRAKE-SHOE.

No. 179,176. Patente dJune 27, 18-76.

UNIIED mana IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-BRAKE SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,176, dated June 27,1876; application filed April 20, 1876.

T0 all wh0m it may concem:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. ECKERT, of Cincinnati, Ohio, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Car-Brakes; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereot, refereneebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved carbrake. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the shoe, and Fig. 3 is a central transverse sectionof the shoe and rubber nnited.

My invention relates to that class of carbrakes in which the rnbber isdetachable from the shoe; and it consists in providing a lateral seat inthe shoe, and in the combination of a flanged reversible rnbber having alaterallyprojecting bearing-flange With a pendent shoe provided With aside recess for the seat of the fian ge of the rubber, as hereinaftermore fully dcscribed.

The object of my invention is to provide a car-brake in Which the rubbermay be readily attached and removed, and which may be reversedvertically in position, so as to work npon either the tread or theflange of the carwheel; also, be changed from the right to the left sideof the truck, and vice versa.

In the drawings, a denotes the pendent shoe to be held,by the hole 1) atits npper end, from a hanger. The square hole 0 is for the insertion ofthe end of the horizontal brakebar, such as 110W used, and which willconnect the shoes to be hung opposite to the trnck-wheels at each sideof the car. lo securely hold the shoe without the use of severalfastenings, which require mach time for rem0val when the rnbber is to bereversed or replaced by a new one, I have constructed the scat (2 in theside of the shoe with the shonlders e e, into which scat the fiangefofthe rnbber snugly fits, and is securely held by the single bolt g.

The seat (1 is so formed in the side of the face of the shoe that therubber m ay be quickly seated and removed laterally without detachingthe shoe or removing the shoe from its pendent position.

' Tige seat may be of dovetail form, instead of rectangular, and theflange f of the rubber may be made of corresponding shape, t0 fit theseat.

By the use of the laterally-projecting rubber 1', my i1i1proved braisemay be applied to the hrake supporting and operating mechanism which isnow in use, without alterations,

of the shoes a, which are rights and lefts,

is made of suitable length, the rnbber may be reversed end for endwithout changing it frorn one side of the car [0 the otl1er, in order tomake it work against the tread of the wheel,

which will cause the fiange 5 t0 occupy the saine plane With the shoe,instead of projecting laterally, as represented in Fig. 3.

The rubber can be easily attached and detached in the manner specified,and, instead of the single bolt, g, a key, button, or clamp may be usedto secure the flange of the rubber in its scat.

Having descrihed my improved car-brake, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. The shoe a, provided with the scat d e in its side,snbstantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The detachable reversible rubber, provided With fiangefandlaterllymrojecting flange i, in combination with the shoe (1, as and forthe purpose described.

Witness my hand this 11th day of April, A. D. 1876.

GEORGE F. EUKERT.

Witnesses:

B. P. K. PECK, ALLEN B. CURSO.

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